OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● What is pasteurization growth media?
Answer: It's used to grow microorganisms; liquids; others are more solid
or gel-like. Provides nutrients, including water, various salts, a source of
carbon (like glucose), and a source of nitrogen and amino acids (like
yeast extract) so microorganisms can grow and reproduce. .
●● parasitology,
Answer: study of parasites
●● virology
Answer: study of viruses
●● Mycology
Answer: study of fungi
●● Bacteriology
Answer: study of bacteria
, ●● What specific yeast is responsible for the rising of bread?
Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
●● What is the name of a famous iceman that was found and what
illnesses was he found with?
Answer: His name was Otzi the iceman Eggs of a parasite (trichuris
trichiura) and lyme disease basterium. He tried to treat them b cutting
lesions in his flesh and burning herbs in them (look like tattoos) and he
also had a woody fruit fungus with him. Researchers think he was 5300
years old
●● What is one of the first examples of people thinking that diseases
were communicable?
Answer: In the Bible where the Israelites are ordered to quarantine sick
people and dead bodies (shows how God was supernaturally helping
them out as other civilizations around them were not so sanitary)
●● How did the Romans prevent illnesses from human waste?
Answer: They made massive aqueducts that brought in fresh water and
made a huge sewer called Cloaca Maxima to dump a whole lot of nasty
into the river Tiber
●● Who is considered the father of Western medicine and why?
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● What is pasteurization growth media?
Answer: It's used to grow microorganisms; liquids; others are more solid
or gel-like. Provides nutrients, including water, various salts, a source of
carbon (like glucose), and a source of nitrogen and amino acids (like
yeast extract) so microorganisms can grow and reproduce. .
●● parasitology,
Answer: study of parasites
●● virology
Answer: study of viruses
●● Mycology
Answer: study of fungi
●● Bacteriology
Answer: study of bacteria
, ●● What specific yeast is responsible for the rising of bread?
Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
●● What is the name of a famous iceman that was found and what
illnesses was he found with?
Answer: His name was Otzi the iceman Eggs of a parasite (trichuris
trichiura) and lyme disease basterium. He tried to treat them b cutting
lesions in his flesh and burning herbs in them (look like tattoos) and he
also had a woody fruit fungus with him. Researchers think he was 5300
years old
●● What is one of the first examples of people thinking that diseases
were communicable?
Answer: In the Bible where the Israelites are ordered to quarantine sick
people and dead bodies (shows how God was supernaturally helping
them out as other civilizations around them were not so sanitary)
●● How did the Romans prevent illnesses from human waste?
Answer: They made massive aqueducts that brought in fresh water and
made a huge sewer called Cloaca Maxima to dump a whole lot of nasty
into the river Tiber
●● Who is considered the father of Western medicine and why?
